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I have been enjoying the delights of Helsinki this week and I have had a wonderful time. Well, except for the price of beer! 7 Euros for a pint! It makes me want to cry!

In honour I decided to search through a couple of the book shops here for the Finnish versions of some popular Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Some of them are just a little odd and a couple do make me laugh.

I hope you all enjoy these wonderful covers!

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(Average: 6.43 out of 10)

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Ah May! How I love you with two bank holidays in one month and the final one falling on, my birthday. That’s right exciting stuff! So here to celebrate is a strange random collection of honourable mentions. And they are a random collection I assure you.

These covers break our well kept and hard hitting rules. There are some who even complain they are almost too hard. But these covers are generally excluded because they are part of a franchise or comedy.

Again thanks to everyone who visits the site and those who are submitting covers. Some of them are simply amazing, we’ll get to them eventually. Enjoy these great covers and to those who gain from it, have an amazing extended weekend!

As a bonus check out a vague picture of CSA (known in certain circles as ‘The Troll’)
Trolling through books to help me find covers at Christmas

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(Average: 7.90 out of 10)

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Happy New Year!

So, just wanted to do a little sum up of a few of the best covers we have posted and some personal favourites of the Good Show Sir staff. Just kidding, we don’t have staff, more like some sort of trained animal that has been taught how to sit correctly and not bite the children.

First, just a couple of thanks. To Justin Leego who faithfully does all the tags for the covers, finds out who the artist is and corrects any spelling/grammer errors I make about six hours after I post it. And to CSA, who endured an entire afternoon with me searching through the shelves of three second hand book shops over Christmas. We have quite the collection of covers to add to the site!

And thanks again to those who visit us here. We love to hear from anyone who comes along, so feel free to comment and you will be welcomed with sarcastic undertones!

One of our favourite covers:

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Another favourite:

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Personal Favourite:

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Most under-rated cover, as voted for by CSA:

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(Average: 8.48 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir comments: “Argggh! I put me armour on backwards!”

Published 1977

(Average: 6.10 out of 10)

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Charles comments: Don’t take the brown acid

Published 1970

(Average: 7.40 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir Comments: We store all our photos in the cloud these days…
Published 1975

You might remember me from here & here!

(Average: 8.75 out of 10)

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Max Bathroom Comments: Who knew Kingsley Amis loved crappy cover art so much?

Published 1966

(Average: 6.90 out of 10)

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Max Bathroom Comments: Definitely in the tradition of William Gibson’s Neuromancer, which has rarely had a cover that wasn’t downright embarrassing.

Published 1990

(Average: 8.60 out of 10)

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Max Bathroom Comments: Why should a naked man playing with his horn cause such a show of hostility?

Published 1978

(Average: 7.50 out of 10)

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Tor Mented Comments: I think the artist misunderstood the concept of panty shields.

Published 1973

(Average: 3.85 out of 10)

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